Pocket construction



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1,518,884 M. WEINER} POCKET CONSTRUCTION .File dJune is, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 270/776 i/iwzgazr Dec. 1924- 1,518,884

I I M. WEINER POCKET CONSTRUCTION Filed June 16, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 v v I V I I Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES MORRIS WEINER, OF BICKNELL, INDIANA.

POCKET CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed June 16, 1924. Serial No. 720,339.

To. all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monnrs lVnrNnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bicknell, in the county of Knox and State :ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Constructions, of which the following is a. specification. a

This invention relates to improvements in pocket constructions for garments.

An object of the invention resides in providing a pleat in the suiting material, at one side of the opening of the pocket to the garment, so that sufficient fullness is provided adjacent the pocket opening, to permit an expansion of the material without disturbing the pocket opening, and thereby exposing the lining of the garment and the material from which the pocket is "constructed, which is usually of a different color, grade and character, from the suit ing material used for forming the outer portions of the garment;

Another object of the invention resides in providing a pocket construction for trousers, and particularly for the side pocket of the trousers, wherein the usual pocket is positioned in the forward portion of the. trousers and having an opening at the Fsides, and which in the present case is provided at the side seam between the forward and rear portion of the material of the trousers, an extension being'provided on the edge of the material adjacent the seam at the rear side of the pocket opening of thetrousers, for providing a pleat, the free edge of which is adapted to cooperate with the edge of the opening in the forward portion of the trousers, for normally closing the opening to the pocket, the pleat providing a fullness at the rear side of the pocket opening, so that expansion of the material is permitted, for increasing the size of the seat of the trousers and compensating for distorting strains applied rearwardly of theside pocket opening for preventing distortion of the material at the forward portion of the pocket opening and thereby preventing the exposure of the interior of the pocket or the lining material of the trousers.

Theinvention includes other objects and improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts of the trouser structure for carrying out the invention,

which are more particularly pointed out in the following description and claims, directed to a preferred portion of the invention, it being understood, however, that various changes I in the minor details of construction may be made, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as described and claimed:

In the drawings, forming a part of this application:

Figure 1 is a view of the upper portion of a pair of trousers, showing the improved side pocket construction.

Figure 2 is a view of the inside portion of the trousers, showing particularly the manner of forming the pleat and the position thereof in the trousers.

Figure 3 is a view, showing the side portion of the trousers with portions broken away in order-t0 show the position of the pockets, and the position of the pleats with respect to the remaining structure thereof.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 44 of Figure 1, through the pocket portion of the trousers.

The present invention includes an improvement in pocket constructions for trousers and particularly for side pockets, wherein the forward portion of the material-forming the pocket opening terminates in the line of the seam at the side of the trousers. As

shown in the drawings, the front piece of material of the trousers is indicated at 1, and the rear piece at 2, the pieces 1 and 2 being adapted for stitching at their vertical free edges together to form a trouser leg, two of such pieces forming the pair'of trousers in a well known manner. The present invention is particularly adapted to trouser structures as above stated, when the pocket opening indicated at 3 is at the seam, or in line with the seam at the side of the trousers, the front piece ofmaterial 1 having a hemmed edge as indicated at 4., adjacent the pocket opening 3 and the edge of which is in line with the side seam of the trousersbe-' back portions of the trousers. The pocket is secured to the front and back portions of the trousers at the free edges of the opening therein, the outer folds of the pocket having the free edge secured as indicated at 6, under the inturned edge 3 and provided with a reinforcement 7, to strengthen the connections of the opening at the outer side of the pocket with the forward portion 1 of the trousers material. This is of usual construction, well known in the art. The rear fold of the free edge of the pocket is sewed in the usual manner to the free edge of the material, forming the rear portion 2 of the trousers, as indicated at 8, a piece of material 9 corresponding to that of which the trouser portions 1 and 2 are constructed, being inserted on the inside of the pocket, in a well known manner, so that when the hand is inserted into the pocket and the flap opened, the material forming the pocket 5 will not be exposed to view, under ordinary circumstances.

In order to overcome a number of the objectionable features of pocket constructions of this character, the present invention contemplates the provision of an extension 10 of the suiting material, adjacent the pocket opening 3 on the rear portion of the trousers, which is formed into a pleat 11, the outer fold or crease of which is adapted to normally lie in the line of the seam 12 at the sides of the trousers and engage or lie adj a- .;cent the seam 4 forming the edge of the opening 3 at the front portion 1 of the trousers, so as to completely close the opening of the pocket, and provide a neat appearing trousers structure. The usual reinforcement =J-is indicated at 13, for the upper and lower ends of the pocket openings 3, which also takes inthe upper and lower edges of the pleat 11.

Attention is now directed to'the fact that min the ordinary construction of the side pockets of trousers, the material of the forward portion 1 of the trousers adjacent the pocket opening 3 bulges after the same has been used, for a time, and also in the sitting position, or when the heavy articles are carried in the rear pocket of the trousers, which distort the material adjacent the pocket opening, to such an extent that the white lining or pocket construction is ex- Mposed to view through the pocket opening and detracts from the neatness of appear ance of the trousers, as well as spoils the effect thereof. It will be noted that this result takes place in sitting, as a result of -an expansion of the seat portion of the trousers which exerts a pull slightly below the line of the hip pocket as disclosed in Figure -l, which draws the material of the rear portion 20f thetrousers away from the material of the portion 1, and in this ings, where the reinforcements 13 are located, which has a tendency to draw these portions together slightly, and cause a bulging of the material adjacent the front portion of the pocket opening, so that these pulling actions will expose the material of the pocket to View, which is usually a white material of adifierent weave and texture than the trouser portions 1 and 2 and when exposed is rather unsightly. The same action takes place when heavy articles are placed in the hippocket. By providing the pleat 11 through the extension of the suiting material on the rear portion of the trousers 2, the exposure of the material of the pocket 5 by the above action is pr Vented, as the enlargement of the seat portion of the trousers or the pull exerted through heavy articles in the hip pocket is provided for through the extra material provided in the pleat, so that as the pull is exerted, the material of the pleat will be set rearwardly for drawing the free edge of the pleat away from the seam 4 on the free edge of the front portion 1 of the material adjacent the pocket opening, but which will not cause a bulging of the material at the front portion of the trousers, so that merely the material of the pleat is exposed to View, As soon as this force has been removed, the manner of constructing the pleat in the trousers will cause it; to assume its usual folded position, as illustrated in the drawings, for effectively closing the pocket opening, yet access to the pocket can be had at all times in the usual manner.

In order to distinguish the material from which the major portion of the garment is formed, from that from which the pocket is formed, I have'used the expression suiting material to describe the outer portion of the garment, and the expression lining to define the pocket forming material.

Vhile the present invention is described particularly for use in connection with the side pocketsv of trousers, it will be readily understood that the same may be employed in connection with any other desired pocket construction, where a similar result is de sired.

hat is claimed is:

1. A sidepocket construction for trousers wherein the entrance opening is formed in substantial alignment with the adjacent side seam of the leg comprising a surplusage of the suiting material on the rear edge of said entrance opening forming an extension, said extension being folded to provide a transversely expansible pleat, the outer fold of the pleat normally lying in close proximity to the front edge of the entrance opening, whereby to form the rear edge of the latter.

2. A side pocket construction for trousers stantially in alignment With the adjacent side seam of the leg comprising a surplusage of the suiting material on the rear edge of said opening forming an extension, said extension being folded upon itself to provide a transversely expansible pleat, the outer fold of the pleat normally lying in close proximity to the front edge of the entrance opening and forming the rear edge of the latter, a pocket formed from a different grade of material and having its outer vertical edge attached to the front edge of said entrance opening and having its opposite vertical edge attached to the free inner end of said extension, and a piece of facing material attached to the last named edge of said extension and extending into and being attached to the inner fold of said pocket.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signa' ture.

MORRIS W EINER. 

